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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do have etiquette books and have used them for reference.  They don't help "on the spot", nor could they have taught me how to at least look like I know how to dance with a partner.  When the ballroom-type dancing starts at an event, we leave since we don't know how.[/quote]

I am not sure where most of you are sending your kids to school, I know one of  "the big three" names has been mentioned, but our school teaches these things in the 7th and 8th grade.   They are taught not in a snooty or classist way, just in a "this is how you do it" way.  In 8th grade on a Williamsburg field trip, dinner out gives the students the opportunity to use their table manners in a real setting.    Dancing is taught as well -- waltzing, jitterbug, etc.  as well as a lot of fun dances that often come up at weddings.  This is a lesser known suburban school that teaches these skills as an enrichment class.

I am certainly on board with teaching manners (we teach them in our home and appreciate the support at school), but I do not want my child's valuable time spent at some cotillion prep, that appears to be somewhat of a throwback to a less enlightened time.  [/quote]

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